Five New Canning Clingstone Peach Varieties

Abstract

During his lifetime, Professor M.A. Blake assembled a valuable pool of peach genes with the help of the U. S. D. A. Plant Introduction Section, and pomologists and fruit breeders from other countries, such as N. I. Vavilov, the great Russian plant breeder and plant explorer. Professor Blake called this collection the "Foreign Legion". (5). In this collection there were canning clingstone varieties, some clear yellow, and some with much red at the pit, which proved to be productive at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. But none of these seemed wholly acceptable for commercial purposes. During the process of exploring the genetic potential of the "Foreign Legion", Professor Blake used some of the clingstone varieties, as well as with other freestone peaches in the collection. At his death, he left several good quality, large-sized, productive, yellow, canning clingstone selections.